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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4520 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and EN 1.4520 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4520 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 34
26
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 680
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 950
220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 220
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 2290
120
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
80.1 to 83.9
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.45
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.8